Lord Bramall tells of anger over dropped child abuse allegations

Former armed forces chief Lord Bramall has spoken of his anger that his wife died before child sex abuse allegations against him were dropped.
The 92-year-old D-Day veteran, whose home was raided by 22 officers in March last year while he had breakfast with Lady Bramall, said he had now received an apology from Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe.
The investigation, which was dropped in January, was part of the Met's controversial Operation Midland probe into a supposed VIP paedophile ring.
Sir Bernard had previously refused to apologise but the country's most senior... read more

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